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date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Tritium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons there has been a change to permitted levels of gaseous tritium discharges at former Magnox Nuclear Stations as a result of the operation of the waste encapsulation plants.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	290607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) has been discussing with Magnox Ltd its intention to treat intermediate level waste (ILW) at the Berkeley Site, and at Hinkley Point A, by encapsulating it in concrete boxes. This is to make the waste safe for long term storage, and enable its subsequent disposal.</p><p>The need to apply for increased tritium limits arises from the heat generated during the encapsulation process driving off some of the tritium within the waste. Magnox Ltd anticipates that this may increase discharges of gaseous tritium above the low limit specified in Berkeley’s current environmental permit. While Magnox plans to apply to the EA to change this limit, the EA has not yet received any application from Magnox to increase the limit for gaseous tritium for this purpose.</p><p>The EA will only change the permit limit if it is satisfied that this is necessary and that people and the environment remain properly protected.</p><p>The EA will continue to keep local stakeholders informed of any developments with the Berkeley Site environmental permit, through the local Stakeholder Group.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/10/2019 13:59:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1146072

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Farm Inspection and Regulation Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Farm Inspection and Regulation Review, published on 13 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	290611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the findings of the Farm Inspection and Regulation Review, including the notion of a changed regulatory culture encouraging constructive partnerships between Government and industry and a “shared endeavour” as it sets out. The Government will set out its response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/10/2019 13:33:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew